Where Are The Perch?

I was watching the perch in The Wye - can't wait to get cracking at a three plus Wye perch. In the meantime where have the Farm Pond perch gone? Haven't had a run since mid-June - with lots of effort!


With five hours on the clock I thought I might find one - nope. But while the livebait was being ignored, the carp wanted to play - five carp on boilies & crust to keep me occupied - I'll find those perch...

Jimmy Snuka

Decided to make life difficult for myself; a carp on the fly. Thought it wouldn't be too hard with so many carp - but despite lots of fish investigating a variety of flys it took 1½ hours before one hit a Squirmy Wormy - totally worth it though!


I then switched to float fished bread (far, far easier) banking another 20 carp over the next two hours - including double #15 at 10lb 2oz - a surprise stunner. And my Dad landed 18 carp in the swim next door - a great few hours on the commerical!

Makin’ Hay

Quick mission to the Farm Pond and three carp landed, including double #14 - a long, lean fully scaled mirror - scraped in at 10lb 0oz.

Puddle Tench

Not big, but I really wanted a tench from The Puddle - success!

Big Muscles

With the hot weather continuing more and more of the bed of the Farm Pond is being revealed - look at the size of this swan mussel, probably the biggest I've found. Too much bird activity for floating crust, but three mint carp landed on boilies. Can we have some rain please?

Quite Common

Back to the Farm Pond - one livebait out for perch, one alternating between crust & boilie. Nothing on the livebait, but the carp were on it - the one above falling for a bit of crust on the surface...


Double #12 - 11lb 10oz (boilie).


Double #13 - 13lb 3oz (boilie) - unlucky thirteen out the way!


Struggling to drag myself away (crust) - terrible headlights photo.

The Puddle V

Few hours stalking carp on The Puddle. And double #10 - summer challenge cracked with a beautiful 12lb 1oz mirror - ace!


Plenty of light (and bread) left I kept on wandering round - loosing a tench before banking a chunky 10lb 7oz common.


Focusing on the tench, I thought for a second I'd hit a big roach - but a PB hybrid at 1lb 12oz to wrap things up. A Puddle tench next?

Kan Per Dag 3

Nine barbel found the net - taking my season total up to 21. But the water is starting to warm up - best leave them alone for a while. Probably try and stalk a carp out of The Puddle (nowhere near a pub).

Kan Per Dag 2

I've caught 139 carp so far this season - and none of them made me work harder than this Small River gem. What a beauty! And it wouldn't be a wander without a few little barbel (7) and a pint!

Kan Per Dag 1

Couple of hours on the Small River searching for a carp. Spotted a few but they weren't playing - but 5 splasher barbel made the hot wander worth while! Water was nice & cool and they went back well.